Happy pirates

At least at the volume end, I can see Nielsen´s point that giving first chapters away for free will force authors to ensure that you are reasonably gripped by the end of the first chapter. What it would have done for me and 2666 is, sadly, unknowable. It was one...

Tongan volcanoes

Nutters, all of them. I’m surprised at how little the sea appears to be affected by the eruptions: I guess I was expecting tidal waves and the like.

Shirky on newspapers

Shirky believes newspapers are unlikely to survive. A question to ask yourself: Why should WalMart subsidise a newspaper office in Baghdad? A quote to frame the thinking: society doesn´t need newspapers: what it needs is journalism.